Job Description
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This position reports to: Continuous Improvement Manager
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Your role and responsibilities (Mandatory) The person in this position will trouble-shoot and develop a plan of action and then repair injection and compression molds and progressive dies. This person must have the ability to retain the knowledge required for mold changeovers. They are expected to work safely and keep up 5S in their work areas.
The work model for the role is on site at Portland, TN.
Major Responsibilities/Activities:
* Troubleshoot injection and compression molds and progressive dies and develop a plan of action and then repair the molds and dies to produce quality molded and stamped parts.
* Work from engineering drawings, parts and sketches to fabricate jigs, fixtures and replacement parts for production machinery, molds and dies.
* Repair cylinders, install and adjust proximity switches on molds that have cams and slide actions using their knowledge of hydraulics and programmable logic controllers.
* Prepare sketches to fabricate broken sections of molds and dis. Repair the damage by welding, using precision hand tools and machinery generally associated with a machine shop, to include burning with an EDM machine to restore the original contour.
* Make minor repairs to molds in presses such as polishing gates and details and remove stuck parts.
* Conduct mold changeovers in a timely manner by retrieving and storing inserts.
Qualifications for the role * High School Diploma/GED
* Technical education is preferred
* Minimum of 1-3 years experience in Tool & Die repairing and building of compression and injection molds and progressive dies
* Working knowledge of hydraulics and programmable logic controllers
* Must have the ability to make technical decisions involved with mold & die repair to include replacement & fitting of parts.
* Ability to determine the cause of mold malfunctions and design a plan to correct the problems
* Ability to retain the knowledge of mold changeovers
* Tig welding experience
* Electrical ability to check operation of heaters, thermocouples and heat controllers
* Familiarity with three plate mold operations and hot runner systems
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Job Tags
Full time, Monday to Friday, Afternoon shift